General William Tecumseh Sherman
General William T. Sherman, one of the greatest Civil War generals, proved to be an extremely significant factor for the Northern cause due to his mastery of military warfare and thus notable contribution to the South's defeat. Despite of the fact that early on his military career looked quite grim and hopeless, being publicly ridiculed and called insane, he later displayed great strategic expertise and proved his adversaries wrong. Although he begun his wartime career as colonel of a volunteer brigade, he finished it as General of the American Army and was even nominated various times to presidency. His most significant feats include the capture of Atlanta and Savannah, thus splitting the confederacy in two. He is also notoriously known for his famous "March To Sea", in which he wreaked havoc throughout the central Southern states. Sherman's most famous words, spoken until after the war, stand up for his belief of total war with the statement "war is hell" (Boys Life 366). William T. Sherman lived through many circumstances in life which, at first appearing to be negative, greatly aided him in becoming the second greatest Union general. Sherman was born into a large family in Lancast
¨ Ward, Geoffrey, Ric Burns, Ken Burns. The Civil War. Knopf Publishing :New York 1994. General Tecumseh Sherman was definitely among the greatest Civil War generals, because he successfully ripped the South in half and brilliantly defeated his enemies in all major battles. General Sherman was second only to Grant, and was one of the essential people in the war due to his contribution to the carrying out of the North's Anaconda Plan. Starting off as a mere colonel ended his military career as leader of the entire military. General Tecumseh Sherman was a man to be remembered and honored forever. ¨ "General William T. Sherman". http:\www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/915/. last update: September 10, 1999. October 28, 1999. Although Sherman's involvement in the war had finally begun, the contributions he rendered early on were quite small. He played minor parts at Fort Sumter and the 1st Battle of Manassas (Bull Run). Sherman was then put in command of a small brigade at the 1st Bull Run on July 21, 1861, and although the Union lost this battle, Sherman and his men performed well (Ward 731). After this battle he was promoted to brigadier-general and later left in charge of the Department of Cumberland (Sherman 3). It was then when a great injustice was done unto him, when the Secretary of War, Mr. Cameron, asked him how many men he would need for his campaign and answered he needed said two hundred thousand. He was later publicly ridiculed for this and called "Crazy Sherman" (McPherson 707). Sherman obviously proved these critics wrong with his significant contribution at the battle of Shiloh. At the battle of Shiloh, which began on March 10, 1862, Sherman finally displayed his military brilliance by dazzling the Confederate army with his superior military stratagems (Sherman 3). Sherman joined forces here with other generals under the leadership of U.S. Grant and battled against Confederate General Johnston (Americana 172). He and his men fought bravely for two days, and even ran behind retreating Confederate men as they ran for their lives. His casualties, including wounded, dead and missing, were only 2, 034 men (Sherman 4). Although the Union lost this battle, Sherman was promoted to Major General as merit of his great valor and leadership (McPherson 707). Sherman at this time had developed a valuable friendship with U.S. Grant, and even persuaded him from resigning after Grant received numerous false accusations (Sherman 4). They then began planning for their strategy for the capturing of Vicksburg, which would open the Mississippi for Union transportatio
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